The First Amendment famously declares that Congress shall pass no law abridging the freedom of speech, so why is the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) discouraging fiduciary investment advisers from accurately disclosing their fiduciary status to clients? There are two main categories of financial professionals regulated by the SEC: stockbrokers and investment advisers. Brokers…

  On June 30, 2022, the Supreme Court issued its ruling in West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency, a case concerning the breadth of the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority under the Clean Power Plan—a regulation promulgated under the Obama administration to limit the carbon dioxide emissions of existing coal- and gas-fired power plants. No. 20-1530,…

  Many Americans can tell you that Congress has been unable to pass laws because Republicans and Democrats disagree on the issues. For a bill to pass in the Senate, effectively 60 out of the 100 Senators must vote in favor of it because of a procedure called the filibuster, which allows 41 Senators to…

Photo: Widener Library, Harvard University   Should courts defer to a university’s decision to base admissions decisions on the race of applicants? That issue is likely to be addressed in the upcoming Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard and University of North Carolina cases, which the Supreme Court has agreed to hear in its 2022-23…

Photo: Nina Jankowicz, Former Executive Director of the Disinformation Governance Board, at the U.S. Embassy Vienna, October 10, 2019   So, she is gone. The Minister of Disinformation has resigned. Whether any factor alone could have done her in—what apparatchik could survive being lampooned as both a Goebbelsesque Mary Poppins and a feminine Big Brother—the combination…